We are getting a lot of help. Driving on the freeway just now I was passed by a convoy of 4x4 fire trucks from Eugene Oregon racing towards the fire
Mike
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> On Oct 11, 2017, at 10:32, Larry-Ohio Time Corp <Larry at ohiotimecorp.com> wrote:
>> Mike,
>> I too have been worried with all the reports on the news about the fires. I
> know they are only things, but they are also a lifetime of memories attached
> to that stuff too.
>> Few things as devastating in life as this.
>> God Bless the residents and all of the first responders helping out.
>> Larry (Homolak) - Cleveland
>> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf
> Of Mike Drew via DeTomaso
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 1:08 PM
> To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> Subject: [DeTomaso] Nor-Cal Pantera fire update :<(
>> All,
>> I've received a number of inquiries from European owners concerned about
> the massive wildfires burning relatively near my house, so I thought I'd
> give
> an update to everyone.
>> The attached map shows the burned areas. My house is indicated by the
> blue dot in the center right area of the map; we are about 12 miles east
> from
> the nearest fire, and the winds have shifted from north to south so the fire
>> is burning away from us.
>> There are numerous PCNC members living in the region who have been affected
> to various degrees. Mike Russo is a new owner, and his house was smack in
> the middle of the large fire region north of Santa Rosa (on the left side
> of the map). We just spoke with him; somehow he missed the first
> notifications and he was awakened at 5:00 a.m. Monday morning and had
> literally only
> one minute to get out. His power was out so he wasn't able to normally
> open
> his garage door, so they jumped in the cars parked in the street and raced
> away. Their home, and all their nice cars including their beautiful
> big-block Pantera, were reduced to ashes. :<(
>> Just to the southwest, there are two medium-sized fires with a round fire
> symbol pictured in between them on the map. Another new owner, Tom
> Leonard,
> lives right in between those two fires on the road that runs directly
> north-south, outside the town of Glen Ellen. Many of you met him at the
> Monterey POCA Fun Rally, as he was driving his Ford GT instead of his
> Pantera. He
> was awakened at 5:00 a.m. Monday morning and ordered to evacuate
> immediately.
> He and his wife took the Ford GT and their pickup truck and fled to
> Petaluma, not all that far away but well away from the danger. They then
> went
> back in the pickup to retrieve the Pantera, but the authorities prevented
> them from returning. We have been watching the fire maps constantly, and
> it
> seems as though the 'bulge' on the western edge of the fire on the east side
>> of the road is approaching his house. His road is in a small valley and
> his house is on the hillside on the eastern side of the road; there is a
> steep
> hill with a mansion at the top of it behind his house, and the fire is just
> on the other side of the hill, on the eastern slope, a few hundred yards
> from the mansion, which is a few hundred yards from his home. The fires
> are
> generally moving south so it seems at least possible that his home will be
> spared and his Pantera will survive, but that is FAR from certain.
>> Chuck and Lori Banks live near the large grassy area on the eastern side of
> Santa Rosa; they are about equidistant between two fires, a mile or so away
> in either direction. Last time I spoke with him, he had backed his
> Pantera out and was poised to make a getaway, and was hosing down his
> property
> with his garden hose.
>> Ron Southern lives on the west side of Sonoma, near Hwy 116, and appears to
> be relatively safe, but he's not answering his phone, although he did post
> about Tom on the PI forum yesterday.
>> Mike and Nancy Haney live in Napa on the west side of Hwy 29. They have a
> large fire on the hill behind them a few miles away, but it seems to be
> moving south so they are probably safe for now. I don't know if they have
> evacuated, and if so, if they took their Pantera (although as it is their
> only
> collector car, I would certainly hope they would do so).
>> Our thoughts go out to all these people, but especially to Mike Russo who
> literally lost everything he owned in the blink of an eye.:<(
>> Mike
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